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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General English Literature (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

5 Ranked Colleges
157 Degrees Awarded
$23,400 Avg Salary
Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General English Literature is the 22nd most popular major in the country with 41,945 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general English literature graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,525 and had an average of $23,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 167 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,400 and $24,883 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 157 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general English literature. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general English literature programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general English literature program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General English Literature (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

#1

Bates College

Lewiston, Maine

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bates College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lewiston, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s English students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bates, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bates College is $14,782 for maine bachelor’s degree english students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bowdoin College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Brunswick, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 30 degrees to qualified bachelors’s English students in 2019-2020.

Bowdoin also made our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Bowdoin College is $14,539 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree English students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s English degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree english students whose families make $48-$75k list, University of Southern Maine has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $12,684 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree English students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Southern Maine.

Full University of Southern Maine General English Literature Report

#4

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 32 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s English students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree english students whose families make $48-$75k list, UMaine has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMaine is $17,218 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree English students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about General English Literature at University of Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Farmington. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k list. UMaine Farmington is a small public school situated in Farmington, Maine. It awarded 12 bachelors’s English degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine Farmington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine at Farmington is $13,902 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree English students whose families make $48-$75k.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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